A pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial comparing stapled haemorrhoidopexy to traditional excisional surgery for haemorrhoidal disease (eTHoS): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Watson, Angus J M ^a   Bruhn, Hanne ^b   MacLeod, Kathleen ^a   McDonald, Alison ^b   McPherson, Gladys ^b   Kilonzo, Mary ^b   Norrie, John ^b   Loudon, Malcolm A ^c   McCormack, Kirsty ^b   Buckley, Brian ^d   Brown, Steven ^e   Curran, Finlay ^f   Jayne, David ^g   Rajagopal, Ramesh ^h   Cook, Jonathan A ⁱ  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^e NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anorectal surgery; discrete choice experiment; excisional haemorrhoidectomy; haemorrhoid artery ligation; haemorrhoids; health economics; randomised controlled trials; stapled haemorrhoidopexy; trial incentives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL STENOSIS; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFECATION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INTESTINE STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRURITUS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SHORT FORM 36; TRADITIONAL HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND FLUID;

EID: 84928817891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-439     Document Type: Article

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